#226 l Governor Phillip Tower l SYDNEY l 227m l 54fl

[SydneyDude]

Govenor Phillip Tower
Sydney, Australia

HEIGHT: 227m/744 feet
FLOORS: 54 floors
COMPLETION: 1993
ARCHITECT: ?

http://www.sydney-australien.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/hochhaeuser/images/DCP_1703.jpg

http://www.sydney-australien.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/hochhaeuser/images/0039-11-17-02-an-23.jpg

http://www.sydney-australien.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/hochhaeuser/images/DCP_0987.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~paulkoh/mirror.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~paulkoh/gptagain.jpg

This is one sexy box! 9/10!!

[JacobRit]

ugly, boxy, the crown is a saving grace though, so 4

[SteelCity32]

boxy, but it's ok.

6.5/10

[Sunflower]

The crown is ok but the rest is dull.

5/10

[Bob di Gills]

I like this one

8/10 :)

[DaninTO]

same one from Mission Impossible 2. Either way, it puts a spin on a regular box. 7/10

[RafflesCity]

6.5/10

I like the top, which slightly alleviates the boxiness of this building. I would have given it a 7 if they stuck a nice spire on top this one though.

[AG]

I love the blades at the top, but can't say the same for the rest of the building, though the facade does something for it.

7/10

[Liz L]

7.5/10 - The facade dances with the light, and it has fairly good height, helped a bit by the mullions. And those mullions help the crown fit in with the rest of the tower as their lines are continued upwards in the blades - very effective.
The crown would have blended in even better, though, if it had been made of the same glass and stone as the rest of the tower. And I'm not certain about the base at all. It probably could have used a few setbacks...

[SUNNI]

boxy, but sort of in a naice way.... 8

[DamienK]

I like the blades, colouring and sandstone base. 8.5/10

[oztraelian]

My standout favorite in Sydney. The top left pic might be the best i've ever seen! **9.5/10**

[Noonos]

I REALLY like this one 10

[Fabian]

An excellent Sydney building. It rates as among my favourites. however I'm a bit disappointed with it's base 8.5/10.

[Caledon1981]

this is a CRISP and CLEAN tower .. so crisp and so clean clean. . 8/10

[Bobdreamz]

well I don't hate boxes and this one was done quite well! from the base to the facade to the crown are all excellent!...very nice...9/10.

[Pablo]

4.5/10
huge box

[breezyboy69]

i like this building. i voted 7.5 out of 10. i really like the top of the building, but no matter what they do to the top of this building it doesn't change the fact that the building is just a tall box...i also like the facade.

[Muse]

Not crazy about stainless steel blades although they juxtapose the large concrete voids towards the base.

It changes colour depending on the time of day and/or the weather. I love standing right at the base of this one and looking up at it in awe. Ultra huge lobby areas that are very slick.

It is not quite the plain box some pollsters imagine it to be.

8

[SeeMacau]

8/10
Nice box, only the top part is good

[Hacksaw]

It's a giant, ugly box! Top part is good though. Could improve a lot in the lower levels.

5/10

[giallo]

This looks like it should be in Toronto, not Sydney. 4.5

[tayser]

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...I'd argue it shouldnt be in toronto either ;)

designed by Melburnians "DCM" - it'd be perfect for Melbourne's grid, yet still, a touch of Melburnian elegance in bashful Sydney - I can't get enough of this building - literally!

Proof of the pudding that Sydney cannot live without Melbourne ;)

9

tays

[Wu-Gambino]

that is one ugly piece of box 5

[Dan]

The facade looks clean and nice. The crown is interesting. I give it a 7.

[Fabian]

I snuck up this tower recently. I took the lift to level 60 and got permission from the receptionist to take photo's from the windows. The floor consisted of conference rooms and most were empty. I was treated to some very good views of the city

Looking South

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid46/p83a60224068060db9653a7637ef4e0cc/fcce3945.jpg.orig.jpg

Centrepoint, MLC and World Tower

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid46/p8f6ef2372081bffc7f9e3b46c998351a/fcce3961.jpg.orig.jpg

Looking West

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid46/p88297407099ff14a930fc4dace4d8bb3/fcce397d.jpg.orig.jpg

Chatswood and St Leonards

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid46/pcb9aec69719ebdda264ed15e4069a82d/fcce39a0.jpg.orig.jpg

Opera House

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid46/p30bff115c4feb8fa7a36a93a59bb9459/fcce39aa.jpg.orig.jpg

The North Shore

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid46/p3fc705ae92320c86ca9f673a0c69f2c9/fcce39c2.jpg.orig.jpg

A close up of the harbour bridge and North Sydney

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid46/pb41f83cf8e5477d04072634c65fb4609/fcce39b4.jpg.orig.jpg

The heads

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid46/pd2f6f060cece4c04a46170c75cb92bb2/fcce39ee.jpg.orig.jpg

Mosman and Manly

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid46/pcc56df04a538e7411f9a038457d090af/fcce39fd.jpg.orig.jpg

The Eastern suburbs, Kings Cross and Bondi Junction. You can also see the top of the Aurora Place Spire on your right

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid46/pb755e4a73ef73abdd5d5a03ea86f341e/fcce3a00.jpg.orig.jpg

The foyer was pretty good. It looked grand! It resembled more of foyer in an American office tower.

[De Snor]

the top is rather good but - once again - another box and I do not like boxes !

[ganjavih]

6.5/10... would have been higher but that base is terrible! And no, this doesn't belong in Toronto... Toronto has some of the world best boxes! This one doesn't make the grade! :D

[SydneyDude]

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<td align=left valign=center> <smallfont> <b>Quote</B> <I>originally posted by giallo </i></b> </smallfont> </td>
<tr><td align=left valign=top>This looks like it should be in Toronto, not Sydney. 4.5</td></tr>
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...I'd argue it shouldnt be in toronto either ;)

designed by Melburnians "DCM" - it'd be perfect for Melbourne's grid, yet still, a touch of Melburnian elegance in bashful Sydney - I can't get enough of this building - literally!

Proof of the pudding that Sydney cannot live without Melbourne ;)

9

tays</td></tr>
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haha u shit stirrer tays.
:bash: :bash:

[Jasonhouse]

I like the "liquor box" decorative top. Kinda funny. The building overall is pretty bland though, as it is quite boxy and stocky. Not my favorite Sydney tower by a longshot.


6.5/10

[The Messiah]

The colours.The top is also quite good. But the base isn't that good.... 7.0/10

[Sydguy1]

3.5

This building is dull and is the worst of Sydney's taller buildings,it can look ok during the late afternoon but other then that the building is crap:skull: :skull: :ohno: :ohno:

[Evergrey]

4.5 Extremely ugly top

[tayser]

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<td align=left valign=center> <smallfont> <b>Quote</B> <I>originally posted by giallo </i></b> </smallfont> </td>
<tr><td align=left valign=top>This looks like it should be in Toronto, not Sydney. 4.5</td></tr>
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...I'd argue it shouldnt be in toronto either ;)

designed by Melburnians "DCM" - it'd be perfect for Melbourne's grid, yet still, a touch of Melburnian elegance in bashful Sydney - I can't get enough of this building - literally!

Proof of the pudding that Sydney cannot live without Melbourne ;)

9

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haha u shit stirrer tays.
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wasn't shit stirring - being serious, just think if this wasn't built, how easy it would be for Harry to get another one of his cut and paste junk jobs in the same place..... bleagh! Completely breaks up that are that is so typically Sydney (wooshy cruves, chaos and likewise brings order, and we all (Australians) know how "orderly" Melbourne's buildings are (well not the new ones ;)))... living outside the square.....DIFFERENCE..

it's all good :)

[Jase Calvin]

The facade dances with the light, and it has fairly good height, helped a bit by the mullions. And those mullions help the crown fit in with the rest of the tower as their lines are continued upwards in the blades - very effective.My thoughts exactly. It's a bulky, monolithic, heavy-looking building. And like others have said, the facade is a little dull but helped by those mullions. I like the foyer though! I gave it an 8/10.

[Chad]

Sydney's Masterpiece!!!! 9/10

[airsickpenthousedweller]

Solid tower in combination with a relatively fancy top.

[BGT]

6/10

[Fabian]

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The roof looks nothing like a box. The roof is pretty neat

Picture by Culwulla.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/05/191778.jpg

[weirdo]

a nice box with an unusual top. 8/10

[fox1]

Nine! i love this tower!

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/2183475.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/218sydneygovphil3.jpg

[huaiwei]

Box = lower scores. I have seen that similar top three times already. 4/10.

[james2390]

7.5

[AtlanticaC5]

Sydney's answer on One Astor Plaza, NYC?? 6/10

[il fenomeno]

too fat 5/10 the roof is quite nice

[Patrick]

facade: ok
form: boxy
specials: that top is cool
points: 7

[Fabio]

8.5/10


nice boxy tower.

[Avatar]

Originally posted by Sydguy1

3.5

This building is dull and is the worst of Sydney's taller buildings,it can look ok during the late afternoon but other then that the building is crap:skull: :skull: :ohno: :ohno:

I am with you. It is a blight on our city skyline. Dark bland materials and colours gel badly with the surrounding blue and light of the harbour. The box shape has no humanising elements and works against the streetscape with heaviness and a dull overwhelming weight. The sandstone base was poorly conceieved and lacks cohesion with the upper sections of the tower. The tower could have benefited from additional lighter glass, blueish tones and a crown with twice the height and greater stepping. I am not fond of the blades and would have prefered a tall pyramidal top to replace it. This is my most dispised Australian tall building and I would have rathered less melbourne style and more sydney glitz in its place.

[MCC]

8/10

[ParraMan]

9/10

Sydney's absolute best building for me, very dramatic base and top, and a very dark, sleeky facade combining to create a commanding presence on Sydney's skyline. You may not notice it in the pictures, but the silver at the top is reflected in the grid design of the facade, thin silver strips running the height of the building. The base has Sydney sandstone, and huge aluminium (silver) blades at the bottom too. Love it!!!!! I want more!!

[7 World Trade]

the roof's awesome, the main part of the building's ok, and the bottom needs serious help.

7 overall

[Winus]

Nice façade rhythm

[David3820]

It's mediocre nice and I like it's top the most but it's base really sucks!!!! 5.5/10

[therock]

7.5/10

[Monkey]

Very average in appearance. The crown is the only interesting feature I can see.

6.5

[empersouf]

8.0

[andysimo123]

7/10

[TYW]

simple, yet nice. i love the criss cross slabs on top;)

8/10

[Auxodium]

not bad

[renell]

Sydney has better. 6.5/10

[Þróndeimr]

6/10

[Chibcha2k]

10/10 awesome

[Blue_Copper]

this building is great so clean a cut

[Medo]

9/10 nice and shiny

[MattSal]

This building's facade kicks ass. As does its crown, can't beat that. I give it a 9.5/10. :okay:

[drnilescrane]

Note, the reason for the big holes in the bottom of the tower is so it can overhang the historic Philip Street terraces, quite ingenius.

9/10... I love Sydney's east-side.

[Sonic from Padova]

8!

[Latoso]

8.5/10

[Jules]

Nice crown. 8.

[Phobos]

8/10

Very good design,the top is incredible.

[i_am_hydrogen]

6.5/10

[Reflex]

7/10.

[DRAKKO]

7/10

[ROYAL BLUE]

8/10

[CborG]

It's boxy, but the top is nice. 7.5/10

[El_Greco]

5/10

[SoboleuS]

Nice, solid box. 8/10

[Xoceelias]

7/10... i don´t like the box´s

[pali]

quite nice
7

[ncik]

This scraper is one of its kind .....well atleast in Australia.

by fox1
http://tinypic.com/6hn6f9.jpg

[Camaway]

Dull, looks like a cut out from a magazine. 5.5

[CPN]

the top deserves a 7/10

[jimm]

7/10

[BRISBANE]

7/10

[jesarm]

I don´t like very much this tower

[jesarm]

5/10 not specila for me

[ChiLooper]

8/10

[clarky]

7.5/10

[Accura4Matalan]

8/10

[Neitzsche]

One of my least favourite Sydney highrises. To square and bland. The crown is nice but can't save the over all design.

[www.sercan.de]

7,5/10

[Skylandman]

6.5/10

[Pengui]

The bottom is disgusting but it's getting better at the very top.
It looks quite OK from far away so I'll rate it just average, overall.

5.

[ChiLooper]

6.5/10 OK :sleepy:

[forvine]

7/10

[Danger! 50,000 volts]

An essential part of Sydneys world class skyline, 9.

[Lisa]

Love it

[allan_dude]

5/10 too boxy for me

[Sinjin P.]

8.5/10 .... ;)

[mr_storms]

cool top but otherwise plain 7.5/10

[Scruffy88]

not much to say. This has always been one of my all time favorite Austraia towers. Dont know why. we connected on some level.

8.5/10

[FROM LOS ANGELES]

The tower looks 10 years older. The top is cool though. 7/10

[LordMarshall]

6/10

[warnings]

7/10

[Harkeb]

ave 7

[Muse]

More pics:

Looking Up:

http://www.skyscraperphotos.com/cit/dsy01/b/izsy127.jpg_http://www.skyscraperphotos.com/cit/dsy01/b/izsy132.jpg

The lit crown the evenings:

_______________________http://www.skyscraperphotos.com/cit/dsy03/a/izsy306.jpg

[Cabman]

A sleek box hmmmm. a generous 6.5/10

[poisonous_ivy]

Nothing special...even strange top can't rescue this defeat.

[dżimi pejdż]

9/10

[marpa]

5/10

[tonycro]

5/10 ;)

[Skyman]

9/10

[forvine]

A great building..

[anakin]

6,5/10

[ZZ-II]

it's a box but i like it 8.5/10

[virarch]

5.5/10

lousy top. mediocre base.

[gutooo]

7.5/10

[B@dGuYoM]

7/10

[sharpie20]

6/10

Well done box

[Dreamlıneя]

7/10

[Woko]

Wak!

[skipperBill]

7/10.

[cffuny]

8/10

[Mosaic]

8/10

[Very Controversial]

7/10

[(((myx)))]

8. nice.

[Chinky Orz]

7/10 Nice top to it. Nothing else special about it.

[futureproof]

classy tower.

the tower = 7 the name = 1

8

[LAYZIEDOGG]

not the best box I've seen but the roof is something special 7.5/10

[artech21]

5 / 10

neither bad nor good; just a safe, low key, functional approach.

[Brendan]

9/10.

The bold bad boy of Sydney.

[vincent young]

3.5/10

Commie block design. Ugly top. Dull facade. Bad color.

[festiboi]

This is one of my more favourite Sydney scrapers. The mid-section is a bit generic, but the crown is creative and looks modern. Also the colour works for it. I loved this building in MI2 and it now has a special place in my heart.

Gave it a "7.5"

[david thomas]

2.5 / 10

[kamil.bukowski]

7/10

[Alibaba]

9.5
my fave sydney tower

GPT in the middle ... my own shot last year

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g228/AdeMelbourne/P1010104.jpg

[Brendan]

9/10

Definitely one of the best in Australia.

(Picture taken by me quite recently)

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/832/gptovertreesur2.jpg

[Imperfect Ending]

5/10

EEWW!

[W!CKED]

7.5/10

[Ralphkke]

Nothing special, a 6 out of 10.

[Henk]

5/10.

[Aliya]

7.5/10

[Muse]

Few more pics...

Meeting another tall neighbour:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/Muse11/chifleytalls5Sat12July03.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/Muse11/chifleytalls8Sat12July03.jpg


Early evening. Pic by Jeepster:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/Muse11/GPTbyJeepstar.jpg

[Alibaba]

great shot - the last one was particularly

love this tower...!

[Drunkill]

MI2 influenced my liking in this tower, if only it did have electronic cooling ducts and crazy research labs inside :p

[gappa]

Solid and dependable, suits the Sydney skyline well, 7.5/10

[LMCA1990]

7/10

[Sound.]

I like the top

8.5/10

[Slodi]

boxy but i like the crown 8/10

[krull]

Its ok. 8/10

[newyorkrunaway1]

5/10

[Astralis]

7/10

[MasonicStage™]

5/10

[RON-E]

5/10

[kon133]

7,5/10

[Paulo2004]

8/10

[krzewi]

i like this tower niceeee 10
:)

[incognito_rn]

nice colouring and sandstone base

[Goran™]

This is the building that was in Mission Impossible II

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/506/12yx9.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7984/13bb0.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4444/14mu9.jpg

[Gregor]

8/10

[Halabalooza]

8. movie star

[WAuzzie]

8/10

[Fundador]

7/10:)

[Teriyaki]

7/10

[annavanjhn]

i hate this tower!

[mbuildings]

very nice building!!

[Nikkodemo]

Nothing special.

7/10

[stasiua]

For me too. 7/10

[briker]

8.5

[Kawasaki_Kragujevac]

6.5/10

[Rutger1991]

7.5/10

[Malbo]

5/10